JavaScript RegExp * Quantifier
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JavaScript RegExp * Quantifier
❮ JavaScript RegExp Object
Example 1
Do a global search for an "l", followed by zero or more "o"
characters:
var str = "Hellooo World! Hello W3Schools!";
var patt1 = /lo*/g;<!--
The marked text below shows where the expression gets a match:
Hellooo World! Hello W3Schools!Try it Yourself »
Definition and Usage
The n* quantifier matches any string that contains zero or more occurrences of
n.
Browser Support
| Expression | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
new RegExp("n*")
or simply:
/n*/
Syntax with modifiers
new RegExp("n*", "g")
or simply:
/n*/gMore Examples
Example 2
Do a global search for a "1",
followed by zero or more "0" characters:
var str = "1, 100 or 1000?";
var patt1 = /10*/g;
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The marked text below shows where the RegExp gets a match:
1, 100 or 1000?
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❮ JavaScript RegExp Object
